Katie McBride, the executive director of community connection
for the company, said the automaker would not disclose the date the new Camaro
would begin production in Lansing.

"For competitive reasons we're not going to share that information,"
she said.

She also declined to comment on the number of jobs that
could be added as a result of the move.

"It's really premature to determine that, until you
determine the timing, get closer to the timing" of the shift, she said. "It
doesn't make sense to speculate."

The current Camaro is built at the Oshawa plant in
Ontario, Can., and production there will continue until the end of the current
product lifecycle according to a media release.

The move is not being received well by the Canadian Auto
Workers union, whose president called the move "a betrayal."

"General Motors has once again shown a complete and utter
disregard for its workers and also Canadians in general, whose tax dollars kept
the company out of bankruptcy," CAW president Ken Lewenza said, according to
the Globe and Mail.

Mike Wall, an industry analyst at IHS Automotive, said
the move is a manifestation of GM's desire to reduce the number of platforms underpinning
its vehicle models, allowing various models to share the same basic underpinnings
and components.

The Cadillac ATS is built on GM's Alpha Platform. The new
Camaro and the next Cadillac CTS will share that platform, Wall said, so it
makes sense to produce all three vehicles in Lansing.

It'll also streamline logistics for suppliers.

"From an efficiency platform, it makes sense," he said. "The
Oshawa facility only builds front-wheel drive vehicles," he added, whereas the
Camaro is rear-wheel drive.

Economic development and city officials lauded the move.

"Three years ago, Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero and myself
negotiated a significant tax incentive package for GM's Grand River Assembly plant
to accommodate the new, then unnamed, Cadillac product," said Bob Trezise, CEO
of the Lansing Economic Area Partnership, a regional economic development
agency.

"But they also let us know that there could be more to
come."

He said Wednesday's announcement was GM making good on that
promise, and thanked the company and labor unions for continuing to invest in
the region.

Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero, an advocate of the federal
auto loans that helped keep the company afloat after its 2008 collapse, said the
announcement was proof GM was reclaiming its position as the world's greatest
car company.

"Bringing the Camaro to the Lansing Grand River assembly
plant is incredibly good news and another major leap forward for our city and
for the entire Lansing region," he said in a statement. "That's what we do here
in Lansing – we make things – and we do it as well or better than anyone on the
planet.

Rest assured that we will move heaven and earth to
facilitate GM's plans to grow their manufacturing presence in our community."